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I know you can survive by being a vegetarian but why would you want to?

Hamburgers taste good, bacon is good, chicken is good, shrimp is good, cheese is good, milk is good, etc, etc, etc.

I know they have vegetarian replacements for these things but they aren't nearly as good as the real thing.

All you are doing is depriving yourself of good foods. From everything I've read, you can actually eat healthier as a nonvegan than a vegan. Of course, you can possibly get your nutritional needs as a vegan but you better be ready to spend A LOT of money.

Boca Burgers, Morningstar Farms, Soy-Delicious?????
Have you seen the prices on this stuff?

I'm with you yellowdog. Let me pat out about a pound of 93% lean ground beef,salt and pepper to taste, throw it on the grill and cook til done.( I like mine with a touch of pink in the middle) Top it with a slice of cheese(your choice) a couple of strips of bacon, pile on the lettuce, sliced maters, dill pickle strips, mayo on the medium side, mustard, slap all this on a huge grilled bun and enjoy. A side of fries or chips will go nicely. Tall water with a slice of lemon or even lime to drink. Now have some vegan match that with a soy burger!

I'm with you and YD, Mr. P.....

"Tried to amend my carnivorous habits
Made it nearly seventy days
Losin’ weight without speed, eatin’ sunflower seeds
Drinkin’ lots of carrot juice and soakin’ up rays

But at night I’d had these wonderful dreams
Some kind of sensuous treat
Not zuchinni, fettucini or bulghar wheat
But a big warm bun and a huge hunk of meat

Cheeseburger in paradise "

who actually hates the taste of meat? or is allergic to it?

Bubba, did not know you were a JB fan. Just reading the comments has made me hungry.

I was raised on a farm, watched mama wring off a chicken's head, let it flop, scald and pick the feathers, they fry it up in some lard we made from the hogs we killed. Yummmm.

While I have no problem with Vegans, I think they should have no problem with me. We are what we are. I don't believe in cruelty to animals, but they are animals (don't let my kids hear that, their pets are family members)

Now Carol you go talking stuff about frying chicken up in hoglard after you done went and wrung it's neck and let it flop down the hill a piece, done went and made me hongry. Got no chikin or hog lard today so guess a good thick juicy burger as I described above will have to do.
You go Bubba on the JB stuff. Man. I have spent many a nite listen and dancin the nite away to his music.
They don't make music like that any more now do they?

Why would someone become a vegetarian? I personally find it unethical to eat another creature. Beyond that, current practices regarding the way that animals are treated on farms are, in my opinion, unethical as well. So, I am a vegetarian not because of health reasons or taste but because it helps me to sleep better.

I tried soy sausage, only because my cholesterol is slightly elevated, it tastes like s**t. More like cardboard & s**t.

I'll just have sausage every two weeks after church instead of every week.

I am with you Dan, my family went on a few week diet of health foods. I got bored eating cardboard.

Bob, I respect your views and admire you for standing by your convictions.

We don't use lard any more or eat a great deal of red meat because of health reasons. I think our diet should be as healthy as possible. I believe in eating anything you want, just in moderation, just like Dan...

I'm also thankful I don't have to kill my chickens or hogs. Rather find them in a nice package in the grocery store.

NPR featured a story on the Amish farmers a while back and it was great. They eat all the great animal products mentioned here, but do not have the health problems associated with them. Why? Because on an average day, they take four times as many steps as the average American. They walk more and they exercise more due to lack of labor saving devices. Don't like that wrap around beard look too much, but hey, if they're healthy and they get to eat plenty of "Good" cooking, it's A-Okay with me.

Right on DD. A lot of it is our lifestyles and not what we eat.

Bob, I can understand the ethical reasons and respect that. I also agree that people shouldn't be cruel to animals. I don't have a problem with folks killing an animal to eat it, but I do have a problem with torturing animals etc. I don't eat veal for that very reaason.

True Vegans, however, don't drink milk, eat cheese, etc. If people just don't want to eat other animals, okay. But why go to the extreme of not even eating natural byproducts. It would make more sense to me to only eat milk, cheese etc from producers that treated animals in an ethical matter.

FYI, thanks to the JB song we had cheeseburgers, baked beans and tater tots for dinner. Is that a classy meal or what? Must add that I went to my excercise class this morning and shoveled a huge pile of ashes into the natural area and played outside with my grandson. Hope that offsets my gigantic lapse in diet this evening.

We will have mercury laden fish for dinner tomorrow night with a nice salad. Do vegans approve of fish?

Do vegans approve of fish? If they approve of fish then they must be hypocrits. Fish are farm raised these days for the most part, at least those considered worth eating, like catfish , with hushpuppies, cole slaw, and a pile of homefries on the side. Talipia is pretty safe from merc. Carol an is real tasty. I fix it with brown rice on which is placed a healthy portion of California Medley veggies. Occassionly they have a bit of garlic butter over them but I have found that a bit of Red Wine Viniagrette added as they have just finished steaming makes for a varied flavor. The RWV with hazelnut also is really good.
I can't see how the Vegans get so bent out of shape over causing pain to eat a steak. Heck our cows roam pasture land until we need more meet. Don't they know that plants have feelings? I read somewhere that carrots actually scream when pulled from the ground. Guess they missed that study back in the 70's or else were too stoned to care.